Nine leading STEM students have begun a year of exceptional research and collaboration as part of their Centre for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Technology (CAST) Undergraduate Engagement Program.    The studentship program, a joint initiative between the University of Tasmania and CSIRO’s Engineering and Technology Program, was developed to nurture the next generation of STEM leaders.  

In a world first, two unique aquariums for Antarctic krill are being deployed on Australia’s new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina.  An Australian Antarctic Division team designed the aquaria, and mechanical plant needed to run them, to fit inside 20-foot shipping containers that can be attached to Nuyina’s deck and plugged directly into the ship’s services.  The end result is

The latest CAST Newsletter is an update on what has been occurring in recent months. We hope you enjoy it.

Deep ocean systems on board Australia’s new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, are enhanced with data transfer speeds up to 120 times faster than current fibre to the premises technology, thanks to four new fibre optic tow and instrument cables installed on the ship  Boasting speeds of at least 12 Gigabits per second, the fibre optics will provide

The Seaglider® funded by UTAS and managed by CSIRO was successfully deployed during the SWOT voyage in the Southern Ocean. The Seaglider® is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) used to collect ocean data in remote locations, even under sea ice, safely and at low-cost relative to ship-based observations. These small AUVs can be equipped with